Combined tool



G. H. BROOKS.

GOMBINED TOOL.

(No Model.)

No. 399,649. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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GEORGE HENRY BROOKS, OF MORGANFIELD, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,649, dated March19, 1889. Application filed October 17, 1888- Serial 110288.322. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY BRooKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Morganfield, in the county of Union and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tools; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to combination-tools, and has for its object toconstruct a hammer of such form that angles, as in the corners of framesand like structures, can be reached in driving the brad or nail homewithout injuring the sides or corners of the frame, and also to provideit with an awl-point, so that an opening can be made for the brad ornail previous to driving the same, and liability to split the wood bethus prevented.

The invention is particularly well adapted for use by frame-dealers andphotographers who have frequent occasion to drive brads and nails atpoints where the greatest care has to be exercised with hammers ofordinary construction to prevent them from injuring the frame.

T0 the accomplishment of the above objects the invention consists in theconstruction of parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and thenpointed out in the claims, reference being had to the acconiipanyingdrawings, forming apart hereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame, looking down from the top. Fig. 3 a bottom view of the head.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the head of the hammer, whichwill be made, preferably, of steel, and have its sides B inclinedinwardly from its rear C toward its front D, the rear O thus forming thebase of a triangular-shaped body. It will also be observed that the headat one end extends farther out along its front edge or face than atother points, as shown at a. The purpose of that is to enable the hammerto reach into corners without the upper portion of the head coming intocontact with the frame or other body when the hammer is used in a fiatinstead of an upright position. hen used in an upright position, theinclined sides will allow the corner or angle to be entered without thesides striking the frame. The inclined sides, also, when the hammer isused in a flat position, bring the handle in an inclined position abovea horizontal plane, so that while the hammer-head will lie flat thehandle will be above the horizontal, and thus the hammer can bemanipulated with greater freedom and ease. The end of the hammeropposite to the driving end is made to taper, as shown, and is formedinto an awl-point, E, so that when there is liability of the woodsplit-ting it may be first punctured by the awl and the hammer-head bethen reversed to drive home the brad or nail, and thus the splitting ofthe wood be effectually guarded against. It will also be observed thatthe hammer-head is the heaviest near the handle, and somewhat tapersdownward to the driving end from about the point where the awlpoint endtapers.

The handle F is formed at its outer end with a screw-driver point, G, sothat the tool combines a screw-driver, an awl, and a hammer of aparticular construction.

\Vhile the tool will be found of special advantage to photographers andframe-dealers, still it is apparent that it is not confined to suchuses.

The form of the head of the tool permits it to be used without liabilityof breaking the glass in picture and other frames and without injury tothe frame, so common in hammers of other constructions, and in which theoperator on frames is frequently striking his fingers and the light backboard to the frame, which results in breaking the glass.

Ilaving described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claimis 1. In the within -described tool, the hammer-head A, formed withsides inclined inwardly from its rear toward its front, and at the endopposite the driving end with the awlpoint E, substantially asdescribed.

2. In the within-described tool, the 11ammer-head A, formed with sidesinclined inwardly from its rear toward its front, and havat the endopposite to the driving end, sub- IO ing the front a of said headextended forward stantially as and for the purposes set forth. of theupper portion of the head, substantially In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in as and for the purposes set forth. presence of twowitnesses. 3. The Within-described tool having the hammer-head A formedwith sides inclined GEORGE HILNRY O inwardly from its rear toward itsfront, with Witnesses: the portion on extended forward of the upper N.H. WILLIAMS, portion of the head, and with the awl-point E JAMES J.GOODRICH.

